Scan Cycle



Scan Cycle Consists of 3 steps:-

Input Scan

                             PLC takes a snapshot of the input and solves the logic the plc looks at each input card to determine if it is ON or OFF and saves the information in data table for use in next step.


Execute Program (Logic Execution)

                             PLC executes a program one instruction at a time using only the memory copy of the Inputs

Output Scan

                             When the ladder scan completes , the outputs are updated using temporary values  in memory .  The PLC updates the status of the outputs based on which inputs were ON during the first step and the results of executing a program during the second step.

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